Noometry

Model comparison

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct vs Qwen3.7 Plus

Qwen3.7 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.0 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct Microsoft

29.1

Rank #303 Confirmed

Qwen3.7 Plus Alibaba (Qwen)

45.0

Rank #66 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.7 Plus in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3.7 Plus leads 64.5 to 27.3.
  • Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Phi 3 Mini 128k InstructQwen3.7 Plus
ProviderMicrosoftAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index29.145.0
Released2024-04-232026-06-02
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—1M
Max output—131K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.40
Output $ / M tokens—$1.60
Results tracked1932

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 28.3 (#307), Qwen3.7 Plus: 36.1 (#200)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 128k InstructQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Coding10401473
FrontierCode—10.2%
SciCode—45.5%
BigCodeBench Instruct29.6%—
BigCodeBench Complete40.6%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: —, Qwen3.7 Plus: 21.2 (#130)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 128k InstructQwen3.7 Plus
OSWorld 2.0—2.8%

Reasoning Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 18.7 (#254), Qwen3.7 Plus: 38.4 (#54)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 128k InstructQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Hard Prompts10281460
NYT Connections (extended)—74.8%
CritPt—9.1%
Chess Puzzles—24%
Mystery Game Puzzles—17%
DTBench—84%
LMCA—37.6%
Epoch Capabilities Index—147.39

Math Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 29.2 (#220), Qwen3.7 Plus: 49.3 (#47)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 128k InstructQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Math10891467
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—34.4%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—93.3%

Knowledge Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 26.3 (#251), Qwen3.7 Plus: 54.9 (#46)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 128k InstructQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Expert9841467
GPQA Diamond—87.9%

Multimodal Not comparable

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: —, Qwen3.7 Plus: 41.2 (#30)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 128k InstructQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Vision—1281
LMArena Document—1444

Multilingual Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 25.4 (#280), Qwen3.7 Plus: 55.0 (#36)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 128k InstructQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Non-English10001445
LMArena Chinese10161510
LMArena French10381471
LMArena German10061471
LMArena Japanese8991411
LMArena Korean8561416
LMArena Russian10041457
LMArena Spanish10581453

Instruction Following Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 52.1 (#289), Qwen3.7 Plus: 75.9 (#49)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 128k InstructQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Instruction Following10231439

Long Context Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 30.3 (#284), Qwen3.7 Plus: 44.5 (#61)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 128k InstructQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Longer Query9961454

Writing & Preference Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 27.3 (#296), Qwen3.7 Plus: 64.5 (#54)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 128k InstructQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text10501454
LMArena Creative Writing10241439
LMArena Multi-Turn9891459

Frequently asked questions

Is Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct better than Qwen3.7 Plus?

Qwen3.7 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.0 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct or Qwen3.7 Plus better for coding?

Qwen3.7 Plus scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.1 versus 28.3 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct and Qwen3.7 Plus share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has 19 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.7 Plus has 32.

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